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[The Bro]

I wanna get a bass guitar one that's especially good for funk. This is my first foray into buying such an instrument. Just wondering what you guys would recommend between £50-200. Also am open to get a secondhand one. Cheers.

[mrx]

If you're just starting out then it really doesn't matter what guitar you get. Any cheap 34" scale squier bass will be good enough to get you started.

[Blanket Fort Collapse]

Squier basses are alright, any bass you get should be setup by a good guitar tech for the right string guage, action, intonation(basses that aren't setup have infamously bad intonation and will sound out of tune half way-ish down the neck etc.), truss road tension etc. A good cheap bass plays a lot better if it's setup by a good tech. I would get an used LTD P Bass. LTDs are really greatly priced and far better than Squiers and most Fenders under a thousand dollars. I'm primarily a guitar player, but I've played bass pretty seriously in a few bands. My bass player just bought an LTD P Bass for $350 US after reading a lot of reviews and it plays better than his $900 Ibanez (which plays amazing) every Squier and Fender bass and pretty much yeah any bass I've ever played for less than a grand.

Though if you're playing funk and want to slap you probably want active pickups. Ibanez or LTD can be really good for that on the cheap.

[slightlydrybeans]

just get something cheap and second hand. You might not even like it. :)

[kokeboka]

Steer clear of the really low end stuff, like the Squier or Epiphone $100 basses. I got my brother a Made in Indonesia Squier P bass for laughs, and the nut was chipped and the neck felt like it was made from cardboard. It's best to get a good a decent second-hand, I love the good Fender basses for that classic sound.

I've heard great things of Reverend Guitars, in terms of bang-for-the-buck construction quality and factory setup. They started making basses not long ago, so I'd check them out. Maybe they're a bit outside your price range, though.

[aeser]

i recently got an LTD B-4E and it's fucking awesome, smoothest bass i've ever played and it's $500. maple neck thru, mahogany body, stock pickups actually sound really good.
http://www.studiogea...tural_Gloss.htm

[Blanket Fort Collapse]

Yup, like I said LTDs are almost always an amazing deal.

[mcbpete]

[BCM]

lol